Stand as you will but your signature line is false even for Israel. It may surprise you to know that the decision as to whether a state of war exists is not yours to make. You can call anything you don’t like a “war” but that does not make it so.
Quite right. A state of war exists when someone makes war on you. Diplomacy is merely a weapon in the war actually being waged. Taking it at face value as a ‘peace effort’ will not make it so. 18 years is enough time to verify my sig-line.